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MassachusettsCAMBRIDGEJail evacuated after sprinklers flood building
Prisoners have been evacuated from the Middlesex Jail in Cambridge after a group of inmates allegedly broke the building's sprinkler system.Middlesex County Sheriff James DiPaola says several inmates became unruly Sunday morning after 15 prisoners were sent to area hospitals with flu-like symptoms.
BOSTONSkipper of hijacked ship honored with a parade
The first mate of the U.S. cargo ship that was attacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia in April is being honored with a parade in Boston.The parade for Capt. Shane Murphy of Seekonk comes at the end of this year's Boston Navy Week at the Charlestown Navy Yard.
BOSTONRed Sox avoid sweep against Mariners
David Ortiz had a tying RBI single and Mark Kotsay added a key two-run hit during a five-run seventh inning, and the Boston Red Sox avoided a three-game sweep by beating the Seattle Mariners 8-4 on Sunday.All-Star Dustin Pedroia homered among his three hits for the Red Sox, who have not been swept at home this season. They also averted their first three-game losing streak at Fenway Park, where they improved to 26-12.
BOSTONMan shot multiple times on Boston steet
Boston police say there may have been many witness to the fatal shooting of a 24-year-old man on a city street.Officers say a crowd on Shawmut Avenue gathered around the body of the victim after he was shot multiple times and fell to the ground just after 2 p.m. Saturday.
BOSTONMass. bill calls for study of lost lobster traps
A bill making its way through Beacon Hill would require the state to investigate the hazards posed by lost lobster traps.The bill calls for the state Division of Marine Fisheries to conduct "an investigation and study relative to lobster traps washed ashore by natural causes."
BOLTONTwo workers injured in Bolton fireworks accident
Two workers suffered minor injuries when a firework they were lighting at Bolton's town display exploded in its tube.State Fire Marshall Stephen Coan says a worker manually lit the fuse, but a lift charge failed to shoot the shell out of its 4-inch tube and into the sky.
BRAINTREEMass. Mid-Day Numbers
The winning numbers drawn Sunday in "The Numbers Game" mid-day draw were:1-9-6-1
SPRINGFIELDSpringfield man killed in shooting outside of bar
A Springfield man was shot and killed in the parking lot of a bar Sunday morning.Springfield Police Capt. Charles Arpin says 23-year-old Noah Borders was found on the ground with a bullet wound to the head just outside the Royal Seasons Restaurant and Bar on Boston Road just after 2 a.m.
BOSTONNortheaster University to teach green engineering
Northeastern University is pushing to tap into the growing demand for green energy.The university says its College of Engineering will launch a new graduate course designed to help students develop greener ways to produce and use energy.
CAMBRIDGEHarvard pres.: School has tough choices in decline
Drew Gilpin Faust started as Harvard's president when the university's prosperity seemed limitless. With its ballooning wealth, Harvard planned almost frenzied growth, from a building boom into Boston to vast increases in student financial aid.Billions of lost endowment dollars later, though, Faust faces a much different reality.
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